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Missouri Offers an Educated, Innovative and Reliable Workforce
The reason for Missouri’s large number of highly educated workers is evident in its educational system.

In 2008, Missouri ranked as the nation's 14th most effective state educational system.1 In addition,
Missouri residents continue to exceed national averages in levels of education and performance. And a
better education for employees translates into greater performance for your business.

 Click here to learn how Missouri's infrastructure for learning translates to higher yield for business

Missouri Education by the Numbers: 


  • 85.6% of Missouri's population has attained a high school diploma or higher, exceeding the national average of 84.5%.2 
     
  • Missouri students consistently score higher than the national average on both the ACT and the SAT.
     
  • In 2007, 78,992 post-secondary degrees/certificates were awarded in the state. Of those, 35,755
    were bachelor's, 17,368 were master's and 1,573 were doctorates. The numbers of degrees
    awarded in all categories exceeded the national average.3
     
  • Missouri has 128 post-secondary-degree-granting institutions, ranked 10th in the United States.

 

Post-Secondary Comparison
2006-2007. Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data.
  MO US
(average)
AR IL IA KS KY NE OK TN
Total Title IV Degree Granting Post-Secondary Institutions 128 84 49 177 65 60 71 42 59 105
Bachelor's Degrees Awarded 35755 29884 11479 69946 22388 17065 19079 12332 18892 27272
Master's Degrees Awarded 17368 11855 3257 37828 4544 5830 7322 3551 5386 9031
Doctor's Degrees Awarded 1573 1188 218 3028 878 503 578 450 462 1040


 

Mean SAT Reasoning Scores 2009 (out of a possible 800pts)
Source: College Board SAT Data and Reports 2009 College-Bound Seniors:
http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/sat/cb-seniors-2008
  Reading Math Writing Test Takers
Missouri 595 600 584 3,153
US 501 515 493 1,530,128
Arkansas 572 572 556 1,460
Illinois 588 604 583 8.857
Iowa 610 615 588 1,105
Kansas 581 589 564 2,067
Kentucky 573 573 561 3,115
Nebraska 587 594 572 1,002
Oklahoma 575 571 557 2,002
Tennessee 571 565 565 5,911

 

Mean ACT Scores 2009 (out of a possible 36)
Source: ACT National and State Score Reports 2009: http://www.act.org/news/data.html
  English Math Reading Science Composite Percent of
Graduates
Tested
Missouri 21.5 20.9 22.1 21.5 21.6 67%
US 20.6 21 21.4 20.9 21.1   45%
Arkansas 20.6 20.1 21 20.2 20.6 73%
Illinois 20.5 20.7 20.8 20.7 20.8 97%
Iowa 21.9 21.9 22.9 22.4 22.4 59%
Kansas 21.4 21.7 22.4 21.8 21.9 74%
Kentucky 18.8 19 19.8 19.7 19.4 100%
Nebraska 21.9 21.8 22.5 22 22.1 72%
Oklahoma 20.5 19.9 21.4 20.5 20.7 71%
Tennessee 20.7 19.8 21.0 20.4 20.6 92%

 

Missouri has a total of 128 post-secondary-degree-granting institutions including:
 

Public Institutions:
 

Crowder College info

East Central College info

Jefferson College info

Linn State Technical College info

Metro Community College - Blue River info

Metro Community College - Business and Technology info

Metro Community College - Longview info

Metro Community College - Maple Woods info

Metro Community College - Penn Valley info

Mineral Area College info

Missouri State University info

Moberly Area Community College info

North Central Missouri College info

Ozarks Technical Community College info

St. Charles Community College info

St. Louis Community College - Florissant Valley info

St. Louis Community College - Forest Park info

St. Louis Community College - Meramec info

St. Louis Community College - Wildwood info

State Fair Community College info

Three Rivers Community College info

Harris-Stowe State University info

Lincoln University info

Missouri Southern State University info

Missouri State University info

Missouri University of Science and Technology info

Missouri Western State University info

Northwest Missouri State University info

Southeast Missouri State University info

Truman State University info

University of Central Missouri info

University of Missouriinfo

University of Missouri info

University of Missouri info

Independent Institutions:

 

Cottey College info

Wentworth Military Academy info

Avila University info

Central Methodist University info

College of the Ozarks info

Columbia College info

Culver-Stockton College info

Drury University info

Evangel University info

Fontbonne University info

Hannibal-LaGrange College info

Lindenwood University info

Maryville University of St. Louis info

Missouri Baptist University info

Missouri Valley College info

Park University info

Rockhurst University info

St. Louis University info

Southwest Baptist University info

Stephens College info

Washington University info

Webster University info

Westminster College info

William Jewel College info

William Woods University info

Visit the Find a Location section of the site to see a map showing the location of Missouri's state colleges and universities.


1 2008 Business Facilities Rankings Report
2 US Census Bureau
3 College Board SAT Data and Reports 2007 College-Bound Seniors
4 NCES